Re: Google Summer of Code: Call for mentors

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Nir Krakauer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> As you may have heard, Octave has been accepted into Google Summer of Code,
> for our first time as an independent organization! Student applications are
> due March 21, and decisions about accepting students will be made in early
> April.
>
> To make GSoC a success, we need not only strong student programmers but also
> committed mentors to supervise the students and work with them to have
> contributions be useful for Octave. This can be tough to achieve because
> mentors are unpaid (though Google may send you a nifty T-shirt).
>
> Each project should have a primary mentor and a backup mentor. In my
> experience, primary mentors should plan to devote 5-10 hours per week to the
> project, including speaking with the students and reviewing their code.
> Backup mentors have a smaller time commitment but still should keep up with
> project progress and be available to step in when the primary mentor is
> otherwise occupied.
>
> If you'd like to be a project mentor:
>
> 1) Go to http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas and put your
> name next to projects you'd be interested in mentoring. Feel free to improve
> the project description at the same time.
>
> 2) Sign up as a mentor for Octave on the GSoC Melange site,
> https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/dashboard/google/gsoc2014#connections_dashboard
>
> 3) Start interacting with student applicants who have similar topics of
> interest as you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Nir
>
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Done, I am in reserve :D